Pittsburgh Steelers rookie T Troy Fautanu suffered a mild MCL sprain in his preseason debut. He was just beginning to see more first-team snaps, putting him on a timeline to start in the opener. With him likely missing a couple weeks, however, that jeopardizes his chances of starting right away.
Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette believes it’s still doable for Fautanu to win the job in time. He is going to start sooner or later, and that was never in question. It was always a matter of when, as soon as the first game.